Best for
Best for podcasters and video creators who want to record, clean up and re-cut a session by describing the edit.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Sound & Audio Comparison
Async vs. Krisp
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for live calls, meetings and streams where noise must be removed in real time.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Async | Krisp |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; Essentials $19.99 / creator / month Billed per creator. Yearly billing takes 40 percent off, bringing Essentials to $11.99, Pro to $23.99 and Teams to $49.99 a month. Business is quoted. | lower value From $8 / user / month Meeting AI Core billed annually; $16 per user per month billed monthly. Call Center AI starts at $15 per agent per month billed annually, and the developer plans are quoted on application. |
| Free trial | Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator | 7-day free trial of the paid features, no credit card required |
| Users | Millions of creators, per the vendor | Not stated |
| Commercial use | Not stated | Yes |
| Output | Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips | Real-time denoised microphone audio |
| API | Yes, the Async Voice API | Yes, the VIVA and RTC SDKs plus a self-serve Voice Translation API |
| What it does | Records, edits and publishes podcasts and video, with the edit driven by chat instructions instead of a timeline | Real-time noise cancellation between microphone and app |
| Noise removal and repair | Yes, Magic Dust removes background noise and clarifies the voice; a separate pass cuts filler words, pauses, repeats and bad takes | Yes, in real time at the source, before the audio is captured |
| Mastering and loudness | AI Auto leveling optimizes the volume and noise levels across a track, but there is no mastering pass and no stated LUFS loudness target | No, the product line covers live noise cancellation, accent conversion, transcription and notes rather than mixing or mastering a finished recording |
| Where it runs | In the browser, with remote recording for up to 10 participants and multitrack recording on the higher plans | Sits between microphone and app, inside meeting, call and streaming apps |
| Also included | Transcription, styled automatic captions, AI voice generation, generated B-roll and scenes, beat-synced pacing and short-form clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts | AI meeting assistant with transcription, notes and action items, accent conversion for speakers and listeners, voice translation into 60+ languages, and on-device English transcription |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Webex, Discord, Loom, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Affinity, ConnectWise, Zapier, Google Calendar, Outlook |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Async Free tier; Essentials $19.99 / creator / month Krisp From $8 / user / month
- Free trial Async Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator Krisp 7-day free trial of the paid features, no credit card required
- Deployment Async Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Krisp Cloud (SaaS)
- Output Async Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips Krisp Real-time denoised microphone audio
- API Async Yes, the Async Voice API Krisp Yes, the VIVA and RTC SDKs plus a self-serve Voice Translation API
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Async
Strengths
- Records, cleans up, edits and publishes in one browser tool
- Editing by chat instruction rather than by timeline
- Turns one recording into clips, captions and a transcript
- Free plan available, and a developer voice API alongside the studio
Limitations
- The public pricing page names the plans but leaves the amounts blank, so a price has to be looked up in the help centre or in the app
- Metered in AI credits, so heavy months cost more regardless of seat count
- Free plan's AI credits and transcription are lifetime allowances, not monthly ones
- The vendor cautions that AI edits need reviewing
Krisp
Strengths
- Real-time noise removal at the source
- Works inside call and meeting apps
- Prevents bad audio being captured in the first place
Limitations
- Aggressive real-time suppression can sound thin on very noisy input
- Built for live use, not for deep post-repair
Plans
Pricing
Async
- Free $0 One creator, 3 hours of video recording, 10 remote participants, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription.
- Essentials $19.99 Per creator per month, or $11.99 a month billed yearly. 8 hours of recording, 450 AI credits a month, 10 hours of transcription, no watermark and 320 kbps MP3 audio.
- Pro $39.99 Per creator per month, or $23.99 a month billed yearly. 20 hours of recording, 1,200 AI credits a month, 25 hours of transcription, 4K video and unlimited cloud storage.
- Teams $84.99 Per creator per month, or $49.99 a month billed yearly. 20 hours of recording, 3,000 AI credits a month, 100 hours of transcription, unlimited multitrack recording and collaboration features.
- Business Not stated Custom, contact sales.
Krisp
- Core $8 Per user per month, billed annually ($16 billed monthly). Unlimited AI note-taker and noise cancellation, one hour of accent conversion a day, team management, 10 GB storage.
- Advanced $15 Per user per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly). Adds four hours of speaker accent conversion a day, unlimited listener accent conversion, Salesforce and ConnectWise, manager view, 60 GB storage.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing. SSO and SCIM, on-device private transcription and recordings, super admin role, HIPAA compliance, unlimited storage, dedicated account manager.
- Call Center AI Core $15 Per agent per month, billed annually. Agent and customer noise cancellation, voice isolation, after-call summary, SSO and SCIM, usage analytics, real-time monitoring.
What users say
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Async
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Value for money
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Krisp
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Async https://async.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-17
Krisp https://krisp.ai · no check date recorded yet
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